Jeannie is forced to leave the only home she has ever known and shares with her brother and his family. Learning to live in a new place and on her own for the first time has its challenges. But when she starts having visits from a tortured soul, her family begins to question her sanity. With the help of a new friend, she faces her fears and learns how she can help her spiritual visitor.
I won Next Girl to Die by Dea Poirier via a First Reads giveaway on the GoodReads website. Detective Claire Calderwood has made a life for herself as a homicide detective in Detroit. When murders similar to her sister's start happening in her hometown, she returns to the small island in Maine in hopes of solving not only the current murders but her sister Rachel's as well.
No month would be complete without a couple of Nero Wolfe stories. I think this month gave me both my most favorite and least favorite books in the series so far.
The second story is completely unrelated to the first with the exception of the black orchids making an appearance at the funeral of a party planner that has been murdered after coming to Nero for his assistance in finding who was blackmailing her.
While the stories were good, they weren't great as I have come to expect from Rex Stout's writing. Even still, he did manage to come up with a few great quotes.
Fritz’s saucisse minuit would make Gandhi a gourmet.
You bounce, Mr. Huddleston, from wrath to indignation, with amazing agility.
Some Buried Caesar, on the other hand, was a fun read from start to finish. Once again, Nero's love of orchids has enticed him to leave the sanctuary of his beloved Brownstone in New York. On the way to an expo, the roadster Archie is driving experiences a problem and they come to a crashing halt on a country road. While crossing a pasture to get to the nearest house, Nero and Archie encounter Caesar, a large, prize-winning bull that isn't exactly happy to see them. While waiting for assistance at the farmhouse, someone is found dead in the pasture, looking like Caesar didn't like him either.I like to stay at home, and when I am away I like to get back.
“Confound it. Nothing. Return.” “Nothing at all I can do here?” “No. Come and help me admire stupidity.”
Not a word of honor. I don’t like the phrase. The word ‘honor’ has been employed too much by objectionable people and has been badly soiled. I give you my word.
Morning Glory and Always, both by Sarah Jio, are easy, entertaining reads. Both books move seamlessly between the present and the past to give the reader a complete picture.
In Always, Kailey is enjoying a romantic dinner with her fiance at one of Seattle's finest restaurants. As she leaves the restaurant she encounters a homeless man whose identity shocks her. She now has to reconcile her past life with the present, which is much harder than she thought.
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Not a word of honor. I don’t like the phrase. The word ‘honor’ has been employed too much by objectionable people and has been badly soiled. I give you my word.
Morning Glory and Always, both by Sarah Jio, are easy, entertaining reads. Both books move seamlessly between the present and the past to give the reader a complete picture. In Always, Kailey is enjoying a romantic dinner with her fiance at one of Seattle's finest restaurants. As she leaves the restaurant she encounters a homeless man whose identity shocks her. She now has to reconcile her past life with the present, which is much harder than she thought.
In Morning Glory, Ada rents a houseboat in Seattle, fleeing a tragedy that had occurred back east. When she opens a trunk left behind by a previous tenant, she finds a story she works to uncover.
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